France's Riva, 85, is the oldest lead actress nominee in Academy Awards history; Wallis, 9, is the youngest. Gloria Stuart, who was 87 when she was nominated for her supporting performance in "Titanic," stands as the oldest nominee. The youngest actor to ever be nominated was 8-year-old Justin Henry for "Kramer Vs. Kramer."

"Silver Linings Playbook" is the first film with nominations for best picture, director, screenplay and all four acting categories since Warren Beatty's 1981 epic "Reds."

Speaking of Beatty, he and George Clooney are now the only two people to have competitive nominations in the picture, director, screenplay and acting categories. (Clooney is a producer on best picture nominee "Argo.")

John Williams has more nominations than any other living person, with 48. The only person with more is Walt Disney. He had 59. Woody Allen is the runner-up with 23.

Michael Kahn is the most nominated film editor; he receives his eighth nomination this year for "Lincoln."

Thomas Newman earns his 11th nomination with his score for the James Bond film "Skyfall." The Newman family -- Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy -- now have 87 nominations altogether.

Similarly, Roman Coppola, who was nominated with Wes Anderson for their original screenplay for "Moonrise Kingdom," is the sixth member of the Coppola clan to receive a nomination -- he joins Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Talia Shire, Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola -- bringing the family total to 24 nominations.

Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang Lee for director for “Life of Pi,” which won four Oscars, the most...